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The U.S. Department of Justice released the following press release Monday detailing the charges against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, a suspect in the bombing at the Boston Marathon:

WASHINGTON – Attorney General Eric Holder announced today that Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, 19, a U.S. citizen and resident of Cambridge, Mass., has been charged with using a weapon of mass destruction against persons and property at the Boston Marathon on April 15, 2013, resulting in the death of three people and injuries to more than 200 people.

In a criminal complaint unsealed today in U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, Tsarnaev is specifically charged with one count of using and conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction (namely, an improvised explosive device or IED) against persons and property within the United States resulting in death, and one count of malicious destruction of property by means of an explosive device resulting in death. The statutory charges authorize a penalty, upon conviction, of death or imprisonment for life or any term of years. Tsarnaev had his initial court appearance today from his hospital room. Read More »

A Boston Marathon bombing suspect was killed in a shootout with authorities and a manhunt is still under way for the second suspect—both of whom were believed to be involved in the fatal shooting of an MIT police officer during a chaotic series of events Thursday night.

The events, including dramatic, raw photos, were captured on social media. Read More »

Boston Marathon runners (L to R) Lisa Kresky-Griffin, Diane Deigmann and Tammy Snyder embrace at the barricaded entrance at Boylston Street near the finish line of the Boston Marathon in Boston, Massachusetts April 16, 2013.